Relative balance of the cost and benefit associated with carnivory in the tropical Utricularia foliosa

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 271-282

  Guisande, Cástor ^a   Aranguren, Nelson ^b   Andrade Sossa, Camilo ^c   Prat, Narcis ^d   Granado Lorencio, Carlos ^e   Barrios, María Lila ^f   Bolivar, Angela ^f   Núñez Avellaneda, Marcela ^g   Duque, Santiago R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA Y TECNOLÓGICA DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^f Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Amazonia   (Colombia)

^g INSTITUTO AMAZÓNICO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS SINCHI   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bladderwort; Carnivorous plant; Nutrients; Predation; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; CARNIVORY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AMAZONAS [COLOMBIA]; COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

UTRICULARIA; UTRICULARIA FOLIOSA;

EID: 23744436858     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2004.08.007     Document Type: Article

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